Responses to my joust with Mike:

From Adam B:

It may be that receiving "treatment" will help this man. However, we need to consider that treatment and chemical restraint are not the same thing. I've been on the receiving end of chemical restraint and I did have horrible side effects, to the point where I stopped talking all together. It was like being in a prison. Eventually I got a psychiatrist who decided to try psychotherapy with me instead of so many meds. It was from the therapy, and not the drugs, that I was able to regain my life and my drive.

From Kent:

There are risks to using psych drugs, just like there are with most other kinds of powerful drugs. It seems much less a human rights issue when someone weighs these risks [and is aware of what they all are], and decides for themselves that the benefits of taking the drug outweigh the risk. Maybe if someone was guilty of a violent crime like this and was facing the choice of prison or being drugged inside a psychiatric institution, the latter might seem preferable - I don't know. But I think there are some psych institutions that are probably not much better than most prisons, at least in regards to the living conditions that exist there.

The potential for injuries [or "side effects"] from these drugs shouldn't be taken lightly. If you choose to take antipsychotic medications and the person prescribing them for you listens to you and takes seriously what you have to say about how they affect you, then you probably have much less risk of being severely injured. But many people have suffered terrible injuries from some of these medications, and some have been killed by them - that should never be forgotten.

From Sally T:

I just hope, for Donald's sake, he does NOT end up at our fine Oregon State Mental Hospital. It's an absolute disgrace.